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"The Laughing Heartyour life is your lifedon't let it be clubbed into dank submission.be on the watch.there are ways out.there is a light somewhere.it may not be much light butit beats the darkness.be on the watch.the gods will offer you chances.know them.take them.you can't beat death butyou can beat death in life, sometimes.and the more often you learn to do it,the more light there will be.your life is your life.know it while you have it.you are marvelousthe gods wait to delightin you."
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"Even the smartest and most successful of people will experience lower self-confidence occasionally, but the difference is that they deliberately shift out of it and refuse to stay there."

"The utility of adversity is to draw inspiration, wisdom and strength from it."

"The bigger the bricks critics throw at you the bigger the palace you are going to build."

"The sky won't shed tears if stars refuse to shine, it will wait for the sun."

"Beyond the limit of suffering is strength."

"To fall is not to fail. To fail is to never fall because I never got up in the first place."

"Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise."

"Experience The Wholeness Of Purpose Is To Be Equipped To Face Ungodly Governmental Policies."

"Every tree in the forest has a story to tell. Some of them were burnt but they endured the fire and got revived; some of them were cut, their barks injured, some people pick up their leaves to make medicines for their sicknesses, birds used their leaves to make their nests, etc. Upon all these, the tree is still tree!"

"Dare to overcome life difficulties to fulfil your dreams."
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"All theorieslike clichesshot to hell,all these small faceslooking upbeautiful and believing;I wish to weepbut sorrow isstupid.I wish to believe but believe is agraveyard. we have narrowed it down tothe butcherknife and themockingbird wish usluck."


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